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Puzosia (Bhimaites) bhima

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites bhima was named by Stoliczka (1865). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Bhimaites.

It was recombined as Puzosia (Bhimaites) bhima by Wright and Kennedy (1984), Gautam et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Ammonites bhima Stoliczka p. 137 figs. pl. 49, figs. 1-3
1984Puzosia (Bhimaites) bhima Wright and Kennedy p. 58
2019Puzosia (Bhimaites) bhima Gautam et al. p. 18 figs. 6C-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusPuzosiaBayle 1878
subgenusBhimaites()
speciesbhima(Stoliczka 1865)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Puzosia (Bhimaites) bhima Stoliczka 1865
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Diagnosis
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